Presets found on the radio in the used car I just got + Reception reports

[DJKraze]

I mentioned this last week briefly in another post about missing signals from West Peak and since I know some of you out there like this kind of info, here it is:

FM1: WWYZ/WTIC/WPLR/WIHS/WESU (That last one surprised me knowing who I got the car from)
FM2: WDRC/WKSS/WCCC/101.9?/WCCC

AM1: WTIC/1180/WTIC/1400/1600
AM2: 530/760/950/1270/1700 (I get the impression they only listened to WTIC and none of the other presets were used)

Ok, I wanted to give this radio a test and see how good it is, this is a stock radio for a 2000 Dodge Intrepid (go ahead, make jokes, I know them already, I had a 1995 before this), What better way to test but from a difficult area like inside a parking garage next to a mall?

The location: Westfield Shopping town Meriden 2nd floor of the parking garage right up at the wall (next to Sears), within sight of WMMW's towers.

88.1 WESU 90.7 WTCC 93.7 WZMX 99.1 WPLR 104.1 WMRQ
88.3 WLIU 91.1 WSHU 94.3 WYBC 99.9 WEZN 104.9 WIHS
88.5 WFCR 91.3 WWUH 94.7 WMAS 100.5 WRCH 105.9 WHCN
88.7 WNHU 91.5 WGRS? 95.7 WKSS 101.3 WKCI 106.9 WCCC
88.9 WJMJ 91.7 WHUS 96.1 WLVG 101.7 WBEA 107.7 WWRX
89.3 WRTC 92.1 WLNG 96.5 WTIC 101.9 WRXP 107.9 WEBE
89.5 WPKN 92.5 WWYZ 96.9 WEHN 102.1 WAQY
89.9 WSUF 92.9 WEHM 97.5 WALK 102.5 WBAZ
90.1 PIRATE 93.1 WHYN 97.9 WPKX 102.9 WDRC
90.5 WPKT 93.3 W227AJ 98.3 W252AV 103.7 WEEI

Then I decided to take off some of the challenge but still avoid the massive overload of West Peak, I parked on the south side of Target, but could not see the towers from that area, so I'm guessing the partial block was enough to keep the levels decent, but allow me a clean shot south.

88.1 WESU 90.7 WTCC 94.3 WYBC 98.3 W252AV 102.3 WMOS 105.9 WHCN
88.3 WLIU 90.9 PIRATE 94.7 WMAS 98.5 WBON 102.5 WBAZ 106.3 WEIB
88.5 WFCR 91.1 WSHU 95.1 WRKI 98.7 WNLC 102.9 WDRC 106.5 WBMW
88.7 WNHU 91.3 WWUH 95.3 WHFM 99.1 WPLR 103.5 WKTU 106.7 ?????
88.9 WJMJ 91.5 WGRS? 95.7 WKSS 99.7 WEAN 103.7 WEEI 106.9 WCCC
89.1 WNPR 91.7 WHUS 96.1 WLVG 99.9 WEZN 103.9 WRCN 107.1 WLIR
89.3 WRTC 92.1 WLNG 96.5 WTIC 100.3 WHTZ 104.1 WMRQ 107.3 WAAF
89.5 WPKN 92.5 WWYZ 96.9 WEHN 100.5 WRCH 104.5 WXLO? 107.7 WWRX
89.7 WGBH 92.9 WEHM 97.1 WQHT 100.9 WKNL 104.7 WXLM 107.9 WEBE
89.9 WSUF 93.1 WHYN 97.5 WALK 101.3 WKCI 104.9 WIHS
90.1 PIRATE 93.3 W227AJ 97.7 WCTY 101.7 WBEA 105.1 ????
90.3 WAMC 93.7 WZMX 97.9 WPKX 101.9 WRXP 105.3 WDRE
90.5 WPKT 94.1 WHJY 98.1 WCTK 102.1 WAQY 105.5 WQGN

At some point, I'll do this from outside my house, but at night and with AM.

 

[CTListener]

FM1: WWYZ/WTIC/WPLR/WIHS/WESU (That last one surprised me knowing who I got the car from)

Did the previous owner have Sirius or XM? Maybe he/she used 88.1 for an FM modulator frequency; the earlier models of satellite receivers (before the FCC -- acting on complaints from public and religious broadcasters on the lower end of the FM dial -- cracked down and forced the companies to effectively neuter the FM modulators; Delphi and other manufacturers had years ago bamboozled the regulators and sneaked overpowered models onto the market) could easily overpower WESU's signal at 88.1, even here in Meriden.

 

[DJKraze]

Nope. No Sat radio.

 

[w9wi]

AM2: 530/760/950/1270/1700 (I get the impression they only listened to WTIC and none of the other presets were used)

One interesting thing to note is that 760/950/1270 are probably the largest AM stations in Detroit...

 

[DJKraze]

I asked the previous owner and it turns out they never fully filled the presets, 1080 was the only AM used and they only got as far as filling to the 4th FM1 and the 3rd FM2.